Nia Jax Quotes

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else.

I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

I'm 4'11", but that doesn't matter if I'm showing conviction and confidence in what I'm doing.

I always knew what I had, and I knew I was more than just 'the foreign guy.' I have personality, and as soon as I had chance to show it, I just did it. A lot of people don't like it, and a lot of people frown upon it and think I should just be stuck in that box, but it's just not me.

I'm going to have confidence in myself. That's how I try to play.

There were a lot of stereotypes that I had to break of how people in the entertainment industry do business.

Be your own advocate.

I've realized who I am and what I can do and I just want a chance to go out there and show everyone who the man is. I'm the man.

Growing up a lot of people said I played like a guy. They thought it was an insult, but I was like, 'That's fine, I don't care.'

There always will be stereotypes that women can't drive. When I hear the comments, it just makes me more determined to prove them wrong.

I suddenly thought, if I was going to make a go of it, I was going to have to look after myself and not keep apologising for knocking people over. That transformed my career.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

My friends have said, 'Wait, you're pretty, and you sing? What do you mean you're interested in science?' I have to just hold my head and go, 'Do you hear yourself?' By no means should you ever limit yourself because of what others think or because of their perceptions of what someone looks like in a certain field.

People had boxed me in as a 'pretty girl with followers that's rapping,' but I think my project and the work speaks for itself.

I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.

Power comes from who you are, not what you have, and the transformation starts with how you allow others to treat you.

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

There's boldness in being assertive; there's strength and confidence.

A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

It's really fun to say no sometimes. I just don't want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and - as a girl - it's important to know how to say no... and that no means no!

None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.

I was 40 before I learned that 'No' was a complete sentence.